Mourne Seafood Bar in Belfast has been named as the Top Place To Eat in Belfast 2014.

Yelp, the online urban city guide and app, which helps people find great places to eat, shop, drink, relax and play, has picked the restaurant as its No1.

Analysing Yelp reviews, the Seafood restaurant came out trumps in Belfast and is included in the its Top 100 UK eateries. The list includes a whole range of eateries, from Michelin star restaurants to greasy spoons, as voted by ordinary consumers on Yelp.

The general manager of Mourne Seafood Bar, Sean Fitzpatrick, said: “Local people are our bread and butter, it’s great to have tourists coming through the doors but repeat customers are vital to us. Repeat customers also create a great vibe in the restaurant.

"This award is great as it shows that Mourne Seafood is accessible for everyone – this is our equivalent of a Michelin star. We keep our food as simple as possible – we don’t want to make it intimidating and this shows we’re doing something right.”

Yelp Belfast’s Stevie McIntyre added: "The Yelp community has voted with their fingers and I’m proud today to be able to award Mourne Seafood Bar with Yelp’s Top Place to Eat in Belfast 2014. This restaurant shows just how much Belfast has to offer in terms of fantastic local businesses and I can’t wait to see what the Yelp community in Belfast will discover next."